From Quartz:

Questions (Note: Students should also read the Quartz article which will help in answering the questions):

• Analyze the chart and come up with a headline that captures the major trend that you see.
• Agriculture jobs have declined precipitously over the past 100 years and yet farm output is so much greater than it was in 1900. What happened?
• Starting in 1980, what is the number jobs lost in the manufacturing sector? Have retail jobs and healthcare jobs made up for these losses?
• What factors do you think are contributing to the increase in healthcare jobs?
• What other types of jobs are NOT represented in this chart?
• What do you anticipate this chart will look like in the next 20, 50, 100 years?

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Interested in more activities that help your students understand the job market? Check out this NGPF Interactive: What is the Most Common Job in Each State?

About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.